A mystic falchion, and, "It shall wend hard

With him thro' thee, unconquerable blade,

Whoe'er he be, who on my Queen hath laid

Stress of unworship: and the hours as slow

As palsied hours in Purgatory go

For those unmassed, till I have slain this foe!

My purse, sweet page; and now—to her who gave,

Dispatch! and this:—to all commands—her slave,

To death obedient. In love or war

Her love to make me all the warrior.